July 26, 2011 — Asian bull elephant Prince, 6 days after his arrival at PAWS' ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, CA.

Prince (Chang Dee) arrived at PAWS on July 21, 2011. Upon arrival, he threw dirt for two hours, ate like a fiend, had a drink, then laid on his dirt pile and went to sleep.

Prince is a retired circus elephant donated voluntarily to PAWS, at its request, by Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. He was born on May 24, 1987, at the Portland Zoo — part of their highly touted captive breeding program. Prince's mother was Me-tu, also born at Portland Zoo; his father was Hugo.

August 31, 2011: PAWS directors report that since his arrival, Prince is in and out of his pool 6-12 times per day!